Stem the cherries and remove the pits. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the cherries with the water, sugar, and lime juice, and cook until the cherries are very soft and cooked through, about 10-15 minutes. Remove from heat and let it cool to room temperature.

Puree the cherries and their liquid and put the mixture through a fine sieve.

If I was to use Truvia or another stevia packet, I would probably estimate 1 packet per pop. I don't know what the equivalent drop measure would be. I suppose whatever 1 serving is, I would start there.

I saw a great tip for pitting cherries. Place the cherry on the top of a soda bottle, use a chopstick to punch the pit into the bottle. The cherry, supposedly is ready to go--doesn't even stain your fingers!

I love all the ice pop recipes! Also wanted to thank you for the post in May about how to freeze things. We just moved and have an extra freezer, so now I have a plan for all the fruit we are buying on sale: freeze half, make yummy treats with the other!

These look so yummy. But question on the W.W. points. Fresh fruit is 0 pts. 1/4 cup raw sugar is 5 pts divided by the 4 servings = only 1.25 points per pop since the cherries are 0 and fresh lime juice would be 0 too. That should make this a 1 point snack instead of 3.

That's always been the debate at the WW meetings I've been to because the recipe builder factors in the nutritional value of the fruit when calculating the total pts+ value of a recipe. So even though fruit is 0, when you use it in a recipe, you'll end up seeing a higher pts+ value than you were expecting.

Hello, Gina,I have been following your blog for a while, on recommendation of a co-worker. Your recipes are amazing! In fact, the Crock Pot Chicken Cacciatore is cooking at home as I type. :) I can't wait to try this one. I, too, am mesmerized by the deep red color you get from making them at home.

I wonder what types of cherries would work best with these - I'm a ranier cherry fanatic, but they'd lack the color. Oh man, I really want to try these - I even have some silicon ice pop molds just begging to be used.

These popsicles are so simple and so beautiful - and I'm sure they're deliciously refreshing! It's been so hot recently, the cherry and lime pairing sounds marvelous... I'm featuring this post in today's Food Fetish Friday (with a link-back and attribution). I hope you have no objections and thanks for creating such amazing food…

My 11 year old and my husband made these! A favorite combination here. We used his zoku popsicle maker, made 6 before we had to refreeze. A single batch was a perfect for 6! Although next time making a double batch! Delicious! Thanks for posting!

so, i made these last night. super awesome, but i didnt get very much liquid, is that normal? or did i do something wrong? i had enough for two molds. :(. i have more cherries though, so im making more tonight...

These are great! In addition to being beautiful, they taste great and the texture is wonderful. Whole family loved them. I had a little left over after filling my popsicle molds so I froze some in a mini ice cube tray and put toothpicks in them. They inserted easily, even when the cubes were totally frozen. They were the cook's own secret treat. Shhhh....don't tell.

I made these today and found that I also wasn't able to get much liquid when straining the mixture. I decided to just put everything in the popsicle molds. The popsicles were good, but were not that smooth since they had the fiber of the skin.